Rail-joint.



No. 706,445. Patanted Aug. 5, |902. C. C. OSENBAUGH &. B. L. GIBSON.- RAIL JOINT.

(Application led June C, 1902.) (Ilo lodel.)

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` ATTO/mfr UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES CURTIS OSENBAIIGII AND RANDALL LAUGIILIN GIBSON, OF

' REMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.,`

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 706,445, dated August 5, 1902.

Application iiled Tune 6,1902. Serial No. 11D1450. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it nutyconccrn:

Beit known that we, CHARLES CURTIS CSEN- BAUGH and RANDALL LAUGHLIN GIBSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of Remington, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Rail-Joint, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in joints for railway-rails, bridge-trusses, and the like; and the object is to provide a simple joint that will join the meeting ends of rails in proper relation to each other without the use of bolts and nuts and that will allow the expansion and contraction of the rails without danger of buckling.

We will describe a railjoint embodying our invention and then point out the novel fea tures in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatiom Figure 1 is a perspectiveviewA of two vrail-A sections with a joint embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is asectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the joint, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one end of a rail.

The joint comprises a trough-shaped boxing having side pieces l for engaging against the opposite sidesof the rail-webs, and at the lower side are flanges 2, corresponding to the rai1-tlanges. The bottom ,wall of the joint has a recess 3. The base-flange portion of the end of eachrail is cut away, as indicated at 4, the end ofthis iange being designed to engage against the end of the joint, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. j The web portion 6 of the rail is recessed on its under side, as at 6, and at the end of this recess is a lug 7, designed to engage in the depression or recess 3. Y

In connecting the rails the ends thereof are to be placed within the joint and the lug 7 inserted in the recess 3, this recess being somewhat longer than the combined length or width ofthe lugs, .thus permitting of longitudinal contraction and expansion of the rails. The joint will be of sufficient length to engage upon two cross-ties, to which it maybe secured by spikes,` and the railswill also be secured by spikes to the cross-ties.V

It isobvious that the side pieces of the joint willv prevent any possible side movements of the ends of the rails.

Asbefore stated, this invention is not confined to railway-rails, as it is obvious that it may be employed in connection with other devices, snch as bridge-trusses or bridge-rails.

I-Iaving thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A rail-joint comprising a boxing having side pieces to engage against the sides of joining-rails', the'bottom wall ofjsaid boxing having a depression or recess, rails adapted to engage with their lower portions against the ends of said joint, and V,lugs on the rails for engagingrin., saidv recess or depression, substantially as specified.

2. A joint for railway-rails comprising a boxing having side pieces for engaging against the web portions of joining rails, iiang'es extended outward from the bottom of the boxing and adapted to engage between flanges of the rail-sections, the bottom wall of said boxing having a depression or recess, and lugs 

